[Detached leaves from John Gowers' Confessio amantis, printed by William Caxton]

by: Gower, John, 1325?-1408; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer

Publication date: 1483

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Publisher: Enprynted at westmestre : By me willyam Caxton

Collection: bplscinc; bplsceeprint; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Q.402.44 contains the final five leaves (CCVII-CCXI) of the Confessio Amantis. These leaves have been remargined, with some portions of the text reproduced in facsimile. These leaves are rubricated in red, while the final leaf contains a lengthy, ca. 15th century inscription written in a secretary hand. All are housed in a red cloth folder

Q.402.25 contains a single leaf (lxxxxi). The ink stamp of the library is present on each page. This leaf is housed in a blue cloth folder inside a buff-colored four-flap wrapper

Imprint from colophon

"The dates in the colophon are contradictory; the regnal year there given is presumed to be the correct one, i.e. 1483"--Pforzheimer

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